Fishing-rod reel



July 1932- c. T. OHARA EITAL 1 3 2 FISHING :ROD REEL Filed Oct. 29, 1928 A TTORNEYZ Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI'CEJ,

CHARLES 'I'. OHARA AND WILLIAM A. oum'r, or BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON? um OHARA AssIeNon T SAID QUIRT FISHING-ROD REEL Application filed October 29, 1928. Serial 110.3155.

Our invention relates to improvements in Another object of our improvement is to provide a reel for the stated purpose of extreme simplicity of structure, easy to make and unlikely to get out of order under the diflicult conditions common to its use.

Other objects of our improvement will appear as the description proceeds.

We attain these and other objects ofour improvements with the mechanism illustrated v in the accompanying sheet of drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan View of our reel and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 in section on a medial vertical plane.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the views, and certain parts are broken away to show other parts hidden thereby. v

With more particular reference to the designated parts: Reel base 3 is curved laterally, as usual, to conform to the rod handle, not shown, and is fastened thereto with the usual slip rings, not shown. A centralboss 4 on the outside of base 3 has a tapped hole therethrough in which is to bear against boss 4 when said screw is driven home in the boss.

Hollow cylindrical Windlass 7 has outer flange 8 and inner flange 9 fastened to the ends thereof to form the spool or drum of our reel. Said flanges each have a central hole concentric with the axis of cylinder 7 through which is extended axle bolt 5 and said bolt is firmly screwed into boss 4 to cause its shoulder to bear on said boss with lower flange 9.

also bearing thereon. -Said axle bolt has head a5 to bear on outer flange 8, and thus is mounted the reel on said axlefor revolution. Flange 9 is preferably oflarger diameter than flange 8 and preferably inclined outviding the beveled extension 10 which is thus made conveniently accessible to the ball of the thumb or first finger of the hand holding the rod. The reel may be fa'stened'either to the upper or lower side of the rod as the same is held in the hand. When fastened to the upper side of the rod the beveled edge 10 of the lower flange 9 is readily accessible to the thumb while,- when the reel is'o'n the lower side of the rod said flange periphery is readily accessible to the fore finger of said hand.

Preferably two handles 11, 11 are fastened to outer flange 8 for finger holds when wind ing in the line. Two handles being preferred because one will always be closelyaccessible when it is desired to wind in the line.]'

In practice, with this simple form of reel," it is sometimes found convenient to retain the z length of line paid out by taking a half hitch therein on one of handles 11. a

i It also has been found that the manual ful as'the more complex braking mechanism required in the ordinary reel.

When casting with a rather heavy ri or with chunk bait our reelunwinds so rea ily that a considerable length may pay out during the east There are no our reel to become clogged and injured by the hidden and delicate parts in presence of sand in its mechanism as quite l A often'happens when using thewell known} form. v

Having thus disclosed ourinvention, what we claim as new therein anddesire to secure 3 by Letters Patent is,-

A- fishing-rod reel consisting of a base for removable fastening to saidrod longitudinal-. ly thereof, a reel axle fastened to said base opi eratively-disposed radially'with the axis of I said rod, a reel spool mounted for revolution on said axle having an extended inner flange i the rim of which is beveled outwardly toward said base, and a handle fastened to the outer flange-0f said spool. r V A CHARLES 'T. OHARA. WILLIAM A. QUIRT.

wardly and downward at its periphery pro- 

